| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 311 pages) : illustrations |
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Preface; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction and Sources; Introduction; Sources; Definitions; Brewing; 2 The Brewhouse; Handling the Water; Ventilation; The Copper and its Underworks; The Mash Tun; The Underback; The Overback; Coolers; The Fermenting Vessel; Floors; Rakes, Rudders and Oars; Sieves; Thermometer and Saccharometer; Slings, Jets, Gauns, Cocks, Pumps and Pipes; Casks; Cellars; Vessel Care; Building a Brewhouse; 3 Private Beer; How to Brew; Mashing; The Boil; Fermentation; Fining; Timetable; Private Beer; Strong October Ale; Ale; Small Beer |
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Table BeerPorter; Ingredients; Water; Malt; Hops; Yeast; Other Ingredients; Quality and Trouble-Shooting; Herbal, Medicinal and Composition Beers; 4 Beer-Making; Seasonal Production; The Brewers; Female Brewers; Male Brewers; Wages and Status; Training; 5 Beer-Drinking; A Household without Tea; Seasonal Drinking; Family Drinking; Household Servants; The Servants'' Hall; Outdoor Workers; Rates of Consumption; Drunkenness; Vessels for Beer-Drinking; 6 The End of Household Beer; Glossary; A; B; C; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; O; P; R; S; T; U; W; Y |
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Archaic Cask Sizes and Measures of Ale, Beer and MaltSurviving Country House Brewhouses; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
| Summary |
Until the 18th century or even later, beer was the staple drink of most men and women at all levels of society. Tea and coffee were expensive luxuries while water might well carry disease. To supply the needs of both owners and servants, every country house with an accessible source of water had a brewhouse, usually close at hand. Although many of the brewhouses still stand, in some cases with the original brewing vessels (as at Lacock and Charlecote), their habitual conversion to other uses has allowed them to be ignored. Yet they are distinctive buildings - as much part of a country house as |
| Analysis |
Brewing History |
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England |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-305) and index |
| Notes |
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Print version record |
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Country homes -- England -- History
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Breweries -- England -- History
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Breweries -- Great Britain -- History
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COOKING -- Beverages -- Beer.
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Herrenhaus
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Country homes.
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Landhaus
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Brasserie -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire.
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Bière -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire.
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Maisons rurales -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire.
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Brauerei
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Geschichte 1500-1900.
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| SUBJECT |
Beer (England) -- History
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England -- Beer.
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Großbritannien
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England.
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England
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780826437532 |
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0826437532 |
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9781474210003 |
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1474210007 |
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